Mobbar

Mobbar
Mobbar
	LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Borno State
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Mobbar is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damasak.

It has an area of 2,790 km² and a population of 116,654 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 602.[1]

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.[2]

Business:

Mobbar shares boundaries with the republic of Niger, as a result most agricultural commodities such as fish, pepper and tomato are exported through her border.

Tourism: The san-san dunes is situated in the outskirts of the local government which will be an amasing site of tourism if further developed.

Politics:

Mobbar is a birthplace to prominent leaders and politicians among the notable ones are; former Governor of Borno State late Alh. Mohammed Goni, former military Administrator Late. Brig.Gen. Abba Kyari rtd, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, senator representing Borno North senatorial district. It is also a home to political gladiators such as Alh. Aliyu Kyari, Alh. Gambo Lawan, Umar Kareto and many more who have tirelessly worked to transform Mobbar, Borno and Nigeria at large.

References

"Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
Nigeria (2000). Nigeria: a people united, a future assured. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106. ISBN 9780104089.

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[1] "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

[2] Nigeria (2000). Nigeria: a people united, a future assured. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106. ISBN 9780104089.